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Old 07-13-2005, 12:05 PM   #2
mrnoodle
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Originally Posted by lookout123
do you really believe that poverty and oppression are the root causes of these murders? even if you do, does it excuse these murders?
I think that poverty and oppression are the gasoline thrown on the fire of religious fervor and a culture that celebrates death by martyrdom.

It doesn't excuse the murders. If the culture of death is changed, it will be changed from within; that can't happen until the teeth of the monster are pulled by outside forces who have the strength to do so.
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